Thus, although the agenda of external assistance in the economic sphere are cumulative, and many of the policies suggested for nations in the earlier stages remain relevant, the basic purpose of American economic policy during the later stages of development should be to assure that movement into a stage of self-sustaining growth is not prevented by lack of foreign exchange.

Thus the lack of effective recognition of the responsibilities involved in caring for two babies showed signs of becoming a disabling problem.

Thus, he assures, there is no reason to mourn the death of fellow Christians, and to do so is to show a shameful lack of faith.

Thus, the Middle-earth legendarium, despite its lack of overt religious elements, can be interpreted as a profoundly religious work.

Thus, lack of complete information on the part of survey participants may have skewed the results.

Thus humanity is doomed to be faced with the Absurd, or the absolute absurdity of existence in lack of intrinsic purpose.

Thus, the combination of poor harvests, the hardships of the peasants, high taxes, lack of representation of the people, and kingly ineptitude are among the causes of the French Revolution.

Thus, despite its lack of a full guarantee of religious freedom or broad-based tolerance, the law is, " a significant step forward in the struggle for religious liberty.

Thus, the major threat in these areas is fire management ( protection of private assets is a key objective and so past fire regimes may not reflect environmental needs ), weed invasion and lack of connectivity between patches.

Thus the lack of maggots would increase the estimated time since death.

Thus, faced with the increasing lack of democracy in the Soviet Union, they concluded that it was no longer a socialist workers ' state, but a degenerated workers ' state.

Thus, diagnosis of appendicitis by CT is made more difficult in very thin patients and in children, both of whom tend to lack significant fat within the abdomen.

Thus an eye care professional, having determined that a myopic ( nearsighted ) person requires a basic correction of, say, − 2 dioptres to restore normal distance vision, might then make a further prescription of ' add 1 ' for reading, to make up for lack of accommodation ( ability to alter focus ).

Thus, during the Great Depression, the company maintained steady production levels in spite of the lack of demand for aluminum.

Thus, Njáll's lack of a beard is repeatedly referred to and used by his opponents to call his manhood into question.

Thus nature is completely dependent on God, which meshes with other Asharite Islamic ideas on causation, or the lack thereof.

Thus, parents who lack the financial means to feed their children cannot use necessity as a defense if they steal food.

Thus, a justification describes the quality of the act, whereas an excuse relates to the status or capacity ( or lack of it ) in the accused.

Thus, if the rationale of the excuse is that children below a certain age lack the capacity to form the mens rea of an offense, this may no longer be a sustainable argument.

Thus the Barbary macaque, a kind of monkey, is popularly called the " Barbary ape " to indicate its lack of a tail.

Thus, the combination of the lack of good agriculture and the early elimination of the feudal structure and the fact that a logging industry was traditionally strong in the Rhineland meant that industrialization was destined to come to the Rhineland.

Thus, a lower rating may reflect the lack of research rather than the ineffectiveness of biofeedback for the problem.

Thus hares are adapted to the lack of physical protection, relative to that afforded by a burrow.

Thus, while earlier in the sixteenth century they had been an elite force, their effectiveness was reduced by poor training and lack of choice in recruiting.

Thus, if corporations are not to run away with us, they must become quasi-governmental institutions, subject to public control and needs.

Thus, Octavian's victory at the Battle of Actium gave him sole and uncontested control of " Mare Nostrum " ( Our Sea i. e. the Roman Mediterannean ) and he became " Augustus Caesar " and the " first citizen " of Rome.

Thus a small voltage on the grid can be made to control a much larger voltage on the anode.

Thus the Sidewinder team replaced a potentially complex control system with a simple mechanical solution.

Thus usage of any form of contraception, in vitro fertilization, or birth control besides Natural Family Planning is a grave offense against the sanctity of marriage and ultimately against God.

Thus, franchisees are not in full control of the business, as they would be in retailing.

Thus as a result of the three Carnatic Wars, the British East India Company gained exclusive control over the entire Carnatic region of India.

Thus the MPPC lost the ability to control the American film industry through patent licensing, and had to rely instead on its subsidiary, the General Film Company, formed in 1910, which monopolized film distribution in America.

Thus, the motif of " slavery in Egypt " reflects the historical situation of imperialist control of the Egyptian Empire over Canaan after the conquests of Ramesses II, which declined gradually during the 12th century under the pressure from the Sea Peoples and the general Bronze Age collapse.

Thus the role of government technocrats is clearly limited, and it is not feasible to see the government outside the control of the party.

Thus, political or military control of an oasis has in many cases meant control of trade on a particular route.

Thus, control unit X was either 1st or 5th, Y was either 2nd or 4th, and Z was 3rd in line.

Thus, the party's platforms and rhetoric critique any corporate influence and control over government, media, and American society at large.

Thus, when Thucydides arrived, Amphipolis was already under Spartan control.

Thus, the 1979 Puebla Conference was an opportunity for orthodox bishops to reassert control of the radical elements ; but they failed.

" Thus, the Phrygians were seen as false prophets because they acted irrationally and were not in control of their senses.

Thus, sex education may also be described as " sexuality education ", which means that it encompasses education about all aspects of sexuality, including information about family planning, reproduction ( fertilization, conception and development of the embryo and fetus, through to childbirth ), plus information about all aspects of one's sexuality including: body image, sexual orientation, sexual pleasure, values, decision making, communication, dating, relationships, sexually transmitted infections ( STIs ) and how to avoid them, and birth control methods.

Thus, a control-canard mostly operates only as a control surface and is usually at zero angle of attack.

Thus this report of a feud between Eadwig and Dunstan could either have been based on a true incident of a political quarrel for power between a young king and powerful church officials who wished to control the king and who later spread this legend to blacken his reputation, or it could be an urban legend ; the Chronicle also tells of Odo putting aside the King's marriage on the grounds Eadwig and his wife were " too related ".

Thus, minimal time is spent providing prehospital care ( spine immobilization ; " ABCs ", i. e. ensure airway, breathing and circulation ; external bleeding control ; endotracheal intubation ) and the victim is transported as fast as possible to a trauma centre.

Thus programmers write a sequential control flow even for algorithms that do not have to be sequential.

Thus this right may have been granted to the community when the territory was under the control of the Kingdom of Hungary.

Thus, there are a number of bilateral Dutch-Flemish international institutions, such as the Dutch Language Union or the institutions for the control of the river Scheldt, in which only Flanders takes part.